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Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« on: June 11, 2007, 07:44:44 AM »
I finally separated my bear grease from the oil. Got a quart of solid oil.



Any you mountain men out there try it with black powder or as a gun oil?

I did find other uses for it:
http://muzzleloadermag.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5791081811/m/1691024641

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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2007, 04:12:12 AM »
After seeing all the crap that comes out in the process of rendering fat and then oil, I wouldn't want to get it near my guns.  I would have to be in a real pinch to need to do that. 

What I thought of was that you could soak wood chips in them, and use it to make a slow burning smoke, and add a little flavor while you are at it. 
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2007, 04:29:56 AM »
I don't know if it will work on guns. But rendered down bear fat is great to cook with and doesn't make my belly sound like some volcano getting ready to go off. 
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2007, 12:14:19 PM »
Sposed to make good skeeter repellent, but I aint trying that one out.
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2007, 02:00:27 AM »


Here's the quart...about 99% oil.

Skeeter repellent.....hmmmm.

I had heard you can predict weather fronts and stuff with it that's why I left it in the 3 different jars with different amounts of oil and grease mixed. It didn't seem to do much. The oil would just mix with the grease when it got real cold.
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2007, 05:47:44 AM »
Quote from: bearfat on June 11, 2007, 07:44:44 AM
I finally separated my bear grease from the oil. Got a quart of solid oil.



Any you mountain men out there try it with black powder or as a gun oil?

I did find other uses for it:
http://muzzleloadermag.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5791081811/m/1691024641



I've rendered bear grease from fat to mix w/ beezwax for patch lubing.  I've used a bunch of that over the years and find it works very well in the field.

GVA
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2007, 12:33:39 AM »
 I used to make 'Beaver Oil' in former trapping days. My Gramps always did it & showed me. I would just take clean beaver fat,no meat, flesh, or grizzle, & boil it down over an outdoor heat source. A large clean coffee can is as good as anything, When done strain out any particles & you have a nice light colored oil. The main use was to put on leather boots. It keeps a long time in a sealed jar. I may have to try it with bear or coon fat.
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2007, 07:57:42 AM »
I tried some bear oil on a new pair of leather work gloves. Seemed to soften them up but that's all I noticed so far.

I've been bringing some bear oil to work for mosquito repellent but haven't smeared any on yet. It smells like burnt cooking oil. I'll do a test though and report back sooner or later.
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2007, 11:23:43 PM »
 I made 3 pints of 'bear oil' from my bear this fall. Like I said I have made beaver oil in the past & this is my 1st go with the bear. I will say that a bear sure is a greasy beast & can have a lot of fat. I trimmed the fat down to get out any meat particles & the oil looked great when hot & warm. After it cooled it jelled up some but is white in color. I don't plan on trying it out as any skeeter repellent or gun oil but will try it on some leather products,boots,cartridge belt & so.
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2007, 02:06:27 AM »
Never got the courage up to smear it on for bugs and frost is here now. I gave the fat away and kept the oil. Somebody wanted to try some of the fat as a binder with home made paint the way the original indians used fat to paint. I got a free painted gourd out of the deal and my wife (part Cherokee) loved it.
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2012, 08:41:45 AM »
I am looking for a source for bear oil, bear grease or bear fat! If anyone has any of the 3 that they want to sell off, please give me a shout! Thanks.
Kinjano
Warren, MI
 
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2012, 06:31:50 PM »
some of the old books i've read talk
about bear oil as the best gun oil,
patch lube, steel quenching medium, etc.
i've also read about sperm whale oil in
the same fashion. read the same about
bacon grease.


personal belief is that was the best
available or the purest oil some could
get on the frontier.


i've also read that it would rust a firearm
a little less faster than water.


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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2012, 12:37:12 AM »
I've used it on flintlock and it works great.  Probably the best patch lube there is.
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Re: Pure bear oil as a gun oil?
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2012, 02:13:17 PM »
A few years back our group got a large black bear. I took a 5 gallon bucket of fat to render down. I ended up with 2 cases of jelly jars to pass out to the group I shoot flintlocks with. Everyone that has tried it says it works great for a patch lube. We also use it on our boots and gloves to keep them waterproof and that works very well also. When I was researching the process for rendering the fat more than one source said that bear grease makes the best flaky pie crust you ever had. I have yet to try this out but with the historical back ground of bear grease I do believe it would be true.
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